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Oracle Business Intelligence Reviews

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Interactive dashboards, ad hoc analysis, proactive intelligence, real-time predictive analytics and mobile analytics.

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Pros:

Out of the box, it is all ready for use. It's role-based so is pretty secure.

Cons:

Conditional blocks and rendering pages based on the variables are not easy.

Oracle Business Intelligence ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
3.7
Customer Service
3.6
Features
4.1
Value for Money
3.8

Likelihood to recommend

7.6/10

Oracle Business Intelligence has an overall rating of 4.1 out 5 stars based on 89 user reviews on Capterra.

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Patrick
Patrick
Senior Consultant - Owner in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Deployed in addition to Oracle Business Suite for Global reporting

5.0 6 years ago

Pros:

A lot of tools to build environments and dashboards for users. Require an acceptable IT support without creating a botleneck when you need adjustment. We deployed it in replacement of BUsiness Objects where the environment and price became not acceptable

Cons:

Complex to design and deploy if your company has a complex structure across multiple geographies and multiple currencies

Travis
Travis
Senior Project Accountant in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Construction Software, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Its an ok BI tool

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: As a user its a great tool, but lots of things break all the time with it and then IT needs to fix it

Pros:

Lots of filters and drill down reports Can customize from top level to bottom Gives great detail when setup right

Cons:

Doesn't really allow you to visualize the information Graphs etc are just non existent Heard it is quite expensive Lots of time needed for company to setup reports correctly

Marcelo
Marcelo
IT Infrastructure Architect in El Salvador
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

my experience as administrator of the software is very good

3.0 6 years ago

Comments: the business likes because they have a products to make analitics of the sales that the companie makes and we can integrates with other systems of the company

Pros:

the pros is the way how you administrate the product is a standard of fusion middleware products so is very easy the administrations

Cons:

maybe can be the utilization of memory that is very high so i have to buy alot of memory for the hole environment if i have 200 user connected

Rohit
Rohit
Director of Intelligence in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Management Consulting, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great tool for OCloud BI Developers

4.0 4 years ago

Comments: Good tool for interfacing with OCloud but opportunity to improve user experience with a better UI interface and smart auto-complete capabilities.

Pros:

Great way to view and extract data from Ocloud using the BI publisher tool. Simple, intuitive UI with the ability to create and schedule extracts by building data models. For recurring extractions, the scheduler is fairly powerful and easy to use. Users have the option to extract data in different formats and store it locally, or load it on an FTP server using saved credentials.

Cons:

Smart auto-complete option is missing and you have to manually type in full table names and field names. It would be great to have smart capabilities to auto-fill field/column names or the table names at the very least.

Daniel
Daniel
Consultor de BPM in Venezuela
Verified LinkedIn User
, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Oracle Business Intelligence. The largest and most complete tool for data analysis.

5.0 7 years ago

Pros:

Software adapted to the basic needs of storage and qualitative and quantitative analysis of data. The analytical extraction applied to data masses, in Oracle BI is simple, its options are not very complex.

Cons:

When you start the Oracle BI application, different customization options are presented. You must have a high degree of administration of the tool to extract its greatest potential, and for that you can spend a lot of time.

Carolina
Carolina
Especialista en Sistemas in Venezuela
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

It's good to construct specific reports with a any oracle database.

5.0 7 years ago

Comments: the facility to compose the data to obtain a very informative report, with the required information on it.

Pros:

the posibility to agregate a lot of data in a single query which let you to make a report with key information, with the posibility to format that data and show them as in tables and graffics

Cons:

Uploading data to the cloud can be slow and space is limited at 40Gigs. It' s not easy to configure the report.

Marco
Marco
Coordinatore Area Business Intelligence in Italy
Verified LinkedIn User
Pharmaceuticals, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Finally a tool to keep up with the competition

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: A good product, still improvable

Pros:

With the latest versions it has become easier to extract and analyze data

Cons:

The architecture is still very complex, but recently it has slimmed down a lot

Syed Saad
Syed Saad
Manager Smart Grid in Pakistan
Verified LinkedIn User
Utilities, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Powerful tool for business decision makers

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: We use Oracle BI for making sense of huge amounts of dates that guides our business strategy and helps decide where to allocate resources.

Pros:

It integrates well with enterprise software such as SAP and delivers multiple dashboards and reports that help managers make informed decisions.

Cons:

Once the dashboard is created, there is limited functionality for an end user to change the input parameters.

Christopher
Christopher
Especialista de base de datos y Middleware in El Salvador
Verified LinkedIn User
Retail, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Oracle BI as Reporting Solution

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: We use Oracle BI as our reporting solution in the Retail Company I currently work for,

Pros:

It is very stable, we have not detected any bugs and so far we haven´t had any performance issues.

Cons:

I think there are cheaper alternatives for Reporting: SQL Server Reporting Services is a great solution and its cheaper, but if your company is very much into Oracle products I guess it's ok to use this Oracle BI software.

Brian
Brian
Operations Manager - Norwell USAM EDU in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Consumer Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Oracle Business Intelligence

4.0 6 years ago

Pros:

Tons of capability. All-in-one solutions

Cons:

The whole interface needs a face lift. Very dated.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Easy way to take advantage of information using Oracle BI Analytics, Publisher and so on.

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: Easy integration with other oracle prodcuts.

Pros:

Integration with all oracle solution, besides of the complete visual components for creating business dashboards for my organization

Cons:

I can't have more than one RPD as Business Area for creating my analysis. I must to modify my RPD in BI administration tool and then, load it again. It's a bit confusing for me (compared with other solutions in market)

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Oracle BI

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: Excellent

Pros:

Ease of access, switching responsibilities, drilling between modules, web based, variety of various standard program runs and reports

Cons:

Needs extensive training for users for some specific fields

Aida
Aida
VP of Financial Planning in US
Financial Services Software, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Strong and user friendly

4.0 6 years ago

Pros:

The software is very complete and easy to use.

Cons:

I would like the programming to be more flexible.

Kayla
Managment Analyst in US
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

I use this product every single day

5.0 7 years ago

Pros:

This is honestly the easiest financial software that I currently use. I constantly complete Ad Hoc reports, and I receive results instantly when searching for information. I also like that I can drill down into reports.

Cons:

My only complaint is has to do with the interface. It does take a little while to learn how to use this properly.

Alyssa
Financial Planning Analyst in US
Renewables & Environment, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Oracle BI - Could use an update

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: I would recommend this system for businesses specializing in data analytics. However, I wish the interface was simpler looking, and I wish the system looked more modern.

Pros:

The functionality of this software is unparalleled - it is very easy to keep data organized here through the system of folders.

Cons:

This software is seriously lacking in visual appeal. When compared to similar systems, this one has the functionality of a modern one, but the look and feel of one that is ten years old. I wish the interface looked more modern and minimalistic - it is currently incredibly cluttered and at times hard to navigate.

Ingrith
Ingrith
college profesor in Venezuela
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: Not provided
Reviewer Source

This powerful tool allows you to monitor business performance.

5.0 7 years ago

Comments: The benefit is the help in extracting information from the company for strategic purposes.

Pros:

With the implementation of Oracle BI the company data can be used to obtain a competitive advantage, thanks to the extraction algorithms that apply to the database. In addition to the above, this tool offers us the power of the real information of the company and gives the opportunity to react more quickly to market changes.

Cons:

It only offers open integration with the rest of the product portfolio of the ORACLE company. The cost of the investment is high, however the business tool is so efficient that the return on investment will be quick thanks to the many benefits it offers.

Henrijs
BI specialist in Latvia
Information Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

professional BI tool

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: This is a solid tool and definitely top of the line tools.

Pros:

Easy to set-up and create dashboards. Quite simple to teach end users to use the BI tool, view and create their own ad-hoc reports.

Cons:

Customization of the dashboards are limited, especially if different time dimensions are neccessary.

Lorelle
Cash Apps/Cash Management in US
Oil & Energy, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

In total, I have used a version of Oracle for approximately 10 years.

4.0 7 years ago

Comments: It's the best ERP software that I have used to date.

Pros:

I like that it is very user friendly. Out of the 5 different ERP systems that I have used, Oracle is the best.

Cons:

Unlike Lawson, Oracle does not provide visibility to the outcome of journals prior to actually posting the journals.

KALA MALLIK
graduate research assistant in US
Farming, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

one of the best software for business

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: it is a good product in the current situation and preferred for small scale business

Pros:

it gives the predictive analysis of the historical data and also performs end-to-end business performance management tools, which is very user-friendly.

Cons:

there is nothing but sometimes the software annoys to perform the task. Sometimes, An unnecessary error pops up.

beena
Senior Analytics Scientist in US
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Easy to create reports using rtf templates, simple reports and dashboards are easy to create.

3.0 7 years ago

Comments: Simple list reports and dashboards were easy to create. Data modeling is easy.

Pros:

Rtf template creation, basic data modeling is easy, prompts and cascading prompts are easy to implement

Cons:

It would have been nice if it has inbuilt functions for arithmetic operations, data functions and oracle functions. Conditional blocks and rendering pages based on the variables are not easy.

Denis
Leader of the center of excellence in El Salvador
Retail, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Review DRivera Oracle BI

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: Having the option to design and modify report layouts as needed has been a good experience

Pros:

It has always seemed fantastic to be able to easily model management and control reports, without depending on a technical team to do them.

Cons:

maybe the need to have a good internet speed so that the reports can be generated efficiently and avoid delays

Sasha
Business Administrator in US
Higher Education Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Not my preferred data visualization tool

3.0 6 years ago

Pros:

Because my organization stores data in other Oracle products, it made pulling our information into the queries very simple. Not much data manipulation was required.

Cons:

Some queries can take long to run and do not come out in a very user friendly manner.

Eric
Supply Chain Contact Center Manager in US
Civic & Social Organization, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source
Source: SoftwareAdvice

Oracle Business Intennligence is helpfully dynamic

5.0 6 years ago

Pros:

Oracle Business Intelligence has been great tool for us in tracking and trending the data that we've needed to!

Cons:

Oracle Business Intelligence is not the most user friendly software out there, but with what it's for I'm not sure it really could be that much more.

Connie
Manager of Financial Reporting in US
Real Estate, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

It is easy to use, real-time and flexible.

3.0 8 years ago

Comments: I am using it as adhoc tool. It is flexible, I can do several types of comparison for several period of time. It is real-time which makes it easier to get result. It helps a lot on my analysis.

Pros:

I have been using Hyperion as an adhoc tool for 9 months now. It is easy to use, real-time and flexible.

Cons:

I am not sure if it is the software or a problem on how it was implemented, but sometimes it is not stable. There are several occasions when the data got corrupted, pulling the numbers twice or four times the actual value. Or not pulling correct at all.

Vikram
Application Manager in US
Financial Services Software, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Good Reporting tool, but quite complicated

3.0 8 years ago

Comments: Its a good reporting tool to be used for Oracle EBS, we have done consolidation and various financial reporting ( transfer Profit ) etc using Hyperion but huge customizations required.

Pros:

Reporting

Cons:

Too much complicated